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Birthday Suits, An Oscar For Ed!

28 November 2009 6:20 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Each day we're celebriting the birth of various cinematic persons. Can someone in Hollywood please give their Oscar to Ed Harris today? I mean, my god how long does he have to wait for that damn thing? The rest of today's Sagittarians are less easy to shop for. What could we give Jon Stewart, for example, that he doesn't already have?

Ed, Laura and Jon

1896 Lilia Skala, Oscar nominated actress (Lilies of the Field)

1923 Gloria Grahame, Oscar winner (The Bad the Beautiful)

933 Hope Lange, Oscar nominated actress (Peyton Place, The Young Lions, Death Wish)

1941 Laura Antonelli, Italian actress, sex symbol

1946 Joe Dante He'll always have Gremlins, such a great 80s picture.

1949 Alexander Godunov, like Baryshnikov, he was a Russian ballet star who defected to America and co-starred in movies. It didn't go quite as well. He never achieved anything close to Misha's level of fame though he made for a memorable screen presence (Witness, »

- NATHANIEL R

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Sam Shepard to Star in Epix's Tough Trade

20 November 2009 4:36 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Acclaimed actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard is set to star in Lionsgate's Tough Trade, the first original series pilot for Epix, the new multi-platform entertainment service from Viacom Inc., its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate which launched October 30, 2009. With a creative team led by executive producer and showrunner Jenji Kohan (Weeds), the pilot was written by creator/co-executive producer Chris Offutt (True Blood, Weeds) and will be directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Rendition, Tsotsi). Shooting begins December 3 in Nashville. The announcement was made today by Mark Greenberg, president and CEO of Epix, and Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate's president of television programming and production.

Shepard (Brothers, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Right Stuff) will portray the patriarch of the Tucker family in this provocative, contemporary one-hour drama about a three-generation Nashville music dynasty whose penchant for drink, »

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Roger Corman, Anjelica Huston, Sally Kellerman: Governors Awards 2009

15 November 2009 5:25 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Honorary Award recipient Roger Corman, the producer-director of cult classics such as House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Tower of London, The Terror, The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, The Tomb of Ligeia, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and Bloody Mama, arrives at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Academy Award-nominated actress Sally Kellerman (in the supporting category, for M*A*S*H, in 1970) and Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston (also as best supporting actress, for Prizzi’s Honor in 1985) Five-time Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, among whose credits are The Black Stallion, The Right Stuff, The Natural, and The Passion of the Christ Photos: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on [...] »

- Joan Lister

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Stargate Universe – Kino Vol. 2: "Episodes 11-16″ Recap

13 November 2009 10:27 PM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

How did you like the Sgu-Kino Vol. 1 webisode recaps? Well, if you loved them here goes Vol. 2 like I promised. After one of the most bizarre hours of Sci-Fi TV that I have ever seen (tonight's Sgu- "Time" episode), I feel in the mood to explore more of the Destiny. How about you?

Let's begin with webisode 11!

Webisode 11 – Kino Race

Riley and Eli race two Kinos and nearly takes off Camile's head in the process. Or I think it was Camile… Hey, they got to have fun somehow, right?

Webisode 12 – Covered Kino

Vanessa James gets ready to take a steam shower and spots the Kino watching her. She rightfully covers it up. I bet it was Riley, that weasel…

Webisode 13 – "Variety"

A scientist and Chef Airman Becker create formulas to make different flavors for food, for instance, banana. Chef Becker asks if there is any chance they could make chocolate, »

- Mark O. Estes

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Jordan Knight Says His Rag Doll Was The Weirdest Piece Of New Kids Merchandise

12 November 2009 1:03 PM, PST | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

The New Kids on the Block were on every kind of merchandise you could possibly imagine: Posters, bedspreads, T-shirts, PJs, lunchboxes, watches, backpacks, books, magazines and, of course, dolls.

In my youth, I had the Jordan Knight-approved Ken doll, complete with rat tail and microphone for when you wanted to have him sing to you while listening to a cassette of some of the most choice NKotB songs. (In case you're wondering, "Tonight," "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)" and "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" are all primo tunes.)

Anyway, as it turns out there were also rag dolls of the guys. I wasn't too familiar with them, so I played along. But it seems that Jordan doesn't really care for those dolls. In fact, he thinks they are kind of strange.

"The weirdest thing? Well there's these dolls that don’t even look like us. They were supposedly us. »

- Jocelyn Vena

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'Pandorum' Stars Cam Gigandet, Dennis Quaid Bond Over Fatherhood

25 September 2009 1:30 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'Dennis was so helpful,' says the 'Twilight' actor, whose wife was pregnant during filming.

By Larry Carroll

Cam Gigandet

Photo: MTV News

He's one of the hottest up-and-coming stars in Hollywood, and now "Twilight" star Cam Gigandet is back in theaters again as one of several psychologically fragile astronauts in the sci-fi thriller "Pandorum." But to hear him tell it, Cam's new bride is the one who had the most eventful existence during the film's Germany shoot.

In an interview sure to delight Cam's many "Twilight" Moms, the former vampire and new dad dropped by the MTV News studios earlier this week to talk about geeking out over Dennis Quaid, dealing with morning sickness and his epic quest to find a package of saltines.

MTV: So, Cam, "Pandorum" hits theaters this weekend.

Cam Gigandet: It does!

MTV: You've spoken about how the astronauts in this film, including yourself, »

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Review of "The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club"

28 July 2009 10:39 PM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »

Photo credit to Pancho Barnes Enterprises

The Legend of Pancho Barnes isn’t much like your usual queer film festival documentary. In fact, its actual “queerness” is entirely ambiguous, but its subject: aviator, cross dresser and entertainer extraordinaire Florence “Pancho” Barnes, makes it all worthwhile.

Directed by Amanda Pope, it’s a thoroughly entertaining look at a very unconventional life. If all you know of Pancho Barnes comes from Kim Stanley’s portrayal of her in The Right Stuff, well, you’ve come to the right place.

There’s really no “legend” to speak of here, as the film is a straight-up documentary about our heroine. We begin with her childhood, circa 1905.

As a tomboy, Florence was a disappointment to her wealthy, Victorian mother. She originally played the part of the good girl, marrying a reverend, and having a son, but soon enough, she broke away with tradition. Like most »

- danieller

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Composer Bill Conti Leads Tribute To Hollywood Musical Scores At State Theater, New Brunswick N.J. This Saturday

12 May 2009 9:59 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Cinema Retro has received the following notice from the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ:

State Theatre Benefit Gala 2009 Concert

Hollywood At The State

An Original State Theatre Production

Starring Bill Conti    Oscar®-winner (for The Right Stuff) and long-time Academy Awards® Music Director Bill Conti and the State Theatre have partnered to create a completely unique program of silver screen music hits called Holly Wood At The State. This multimedia Hollywood musical revue features some of the most well-known movie scores and songs of all time and it’s an original experience you won’t see anywhere else. And a finale that will knock you for a loop! This original program stars Bill Conti, Broadway singers Judy McLane (currently starring on Broadway as Tanya in Mamma Mia!) and George Dvorsky (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Passion) and some of our state’s best performers, including: the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Sam Shepherd Rung Up on DUI Charge

3 January 2009 12:50 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Talk about the wrong stuff. Sam Shepherd was busted Saturday in Illinois for drunken driving and speeding. The Right Stuff star told officers in the town of Normal that he had made a pitstop at a local watering hole before heading to a hotel around 2 a.m. He was pulled over for doing 46 in a 30 mph zone, and his blood-alcohol level registered twice the legal limit, police said. Shepard posted $300 and was released from the McLean County jail a few hours later, and he presumably resumed his road trip back the Kentucky home he shares with Jessica Lange. No court date has been scheduled. As an actor, Shepherd's best known for his Oscar-nominated turn as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff; other credits... »

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